History Main / WallPinOfLove

** Campaign 2: Very early on in this storyline (episode 10), Mollymauk (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80i1A0xgIU "gently and socially"]] pinned Caleb (played by Creator/LiamOBrien) against a wall, ostensibly just to intimidate and talk some sense into Caleb because Molly thought he had not shared some looted money with the rest of the party. But Taliesin was pretty obviously using this trope intentionally to test Liam's willingness to get into a romance subplot with him. (This scene came just a couple of episodes after Molly gave Caleb a slap and a kiss on the forehead as a form of CoolDownHug to jolt him out of a HeroicBSOD style trauma flashback.) Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Caleb was too traumatized and introverted to react positively]] (or with anything but shock or discomfort) to such forceful attempts at 'flirting', despite admitting a dozen episodes later that he does find Mollymauk "magical" (i.e. attractive). Instead, Caleb first developed an unrequited crush on the cute and cheerfully unthreatening ManicPixieDreamGirl of the group. And eventually he slowly formed a tentative and [[MerlinAndNimue cerebral]] romantic attachment to a very reserved, [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} demisexual]] and [[{{Elfeminate}} young-looking]] wizard who had some issues with touching people.

* Many {{Live Action Adaptation}}s for [[ShojoGenre Shojo]] manga ''always'' have a trailer featuring a "kabe don" and is often hyped up by the press. Examples include ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XuHPwZSFQg Heroine Shikkaku]]'', ''Manga/StrobeEdge'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5wiRiGVo8I trailer]]), and ''Manga/MissionsOfLove'' ([[https://natalie.mu/comic/news/287320 trailer]]).

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* The infamously satisfying hookup of [[Series/{{Castle}} Castle and Beckett]] in [[spoiler: the season four finale, "Always."]] Beckett comes in from the rain after the two have previously broken up as partners due to Beckett's refusal to acknowledge that Castle is in love with her and running headfirst into her mother's case, nearly getting her killed. [[spoiler: She kisses him and tells him she caught up with the bad guy, but when she faced her own death, she only thought about Castle, nothing else. He reciprocates by shoving her up against the front door and fiercely making out with her, kissing her neck and even the bullet wound on her chest, before they both head to the bedroom.]]

** Ichikawa avoids Yamada for two days after [[spoiler: she pulls a FakeOutMakeOut on him to ward off Nanjou, leading to Ichikawa feeling "used" and in his overwhelming sense of pessimism, [[WasItAllALie assumes that their friendship to that point was a tool for fending off the unwanted attention of other boys]].]] On the second day Ichikawa tries to ignore and walk away from her, forcing Yamada to chase him down the stairs and pin him to a wall.

** Ichikawa avoids Yamada for two days after [[spoiler: she pulls a FakeOutMakeOut on him to ward off Nanjou, leading to Ichikawa feeling "used" and in his overwhelming sense of pessimism [[WasItAllALie assumes that their friendship was a tool for fending off the unwanted attention of other boys]].]] On the second day Ichikawa tries to ignore and walk away from her, forcing Yamada to chase him down the stairs and pin him to a wall.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Back in 1955, George attempts this when meeting Lorraine but she ignores him in favor of "Calvin Klein".

* Gaston does this to Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' after he barges into her house and traps her against her front door, then tries to propose and kiss her. She escapes by quickly opening the door, causing him to fall outside.

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* Gaston does this to Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' after he barges into her house and traps her against her front door, then tries to propose and kiss her. She escapes by quickly opening the door, causing him to fall outside.

* ''Series/GoodOmens'': Crowley attempts to do an intimidating version of this to Aziraphale to protest being called "quite a nice person". However, Aziraphale simply stares at Crowley while he rambles, until they're interrupted by Mary Loquacious, who identifies them as having an [[ShipTease "intimate moment."]]

** One of the final bonus chapters of ''We Want to Talk about Kaguya'' has Saburo asking Iino and Ishigami how to get Karen to finally notice him, with Iino suggests doing this just like with what Shirogane did with Tsubasa.[[note]]Ishigami on the other hand uses the same advice that Kaguya gave him to attract Tsubame by getting his grades up, which doesn't really apply here since Saburo was already ranked 3rd in his year]] It almost works... until he turns around to ask the two if he did it right, which leads Karen to believe that he was just acting out some sort of fantasy rather than an actual confession.

* Shirogane advises another student to do this in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when they come to him for advice on how to ask out Kashiwagi. [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind Shirogane doesn't really have any idea what he's talking about]], but it works, and the two of them go on to become the BetaCouple.
-->'''Shirogane:''' I call this technique "Kabe DOWN". [[BlatantLies I came up with it myself!]]\\

** Campaign 1: During the Whitestone arc (episodde 31), Vex'ahlia (played by Creator/LauraBailey) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtjVA9WAaPI&t=214s slammed]] Percy (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) against a wall and held him there to force him to look her in the eye while she demanded to know whether he was mentally still in control of himself, so she could tell if he was lying. (Though Laura's Insight check failed.) This was long before either of these characters realized they were in love with each other, but the other players immediately commented that it was a sexy move and it certainly set [[CasualKink the tone]] for these characters' later relationship. Sadly, this scene is ''not'' in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina animated adaptation]] - the closest that version gets is Vex angrily yelling at and slapping Percy when he has a moment of trauma-induced despair. But that came across as [[AdaptationalJerkass more abusive than sexily dominant]].
** Campaign 2: Very early on in this storyline (episode 10), Mollymauk (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80i1A0xgIU "gently and socially"]] pinned Caleb (played by Creator/LiamOBrien) against a wall, ostensibly just to intimidate and talk some sense into Caleb because Molly thought he had not shared some looted money with the rest of the party. But Taliesin was pretty obviously using this trope intentionally to test Liam's willingness to get into a romance subplot with him. (This scene came just a couple of episodes after Molly gave Caleb a slap and a kiss on the forehead as a form of CoolDownHug to jolt him out of a HeroicBSOD style trauma flashback.) Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Caleb was too traumatized and introverted to react positively]] (or with anything but shock or discomfort) to such forceful attempts at 'flirting', despite admitting aa dozen episodes later that he does find Mollymauk "magical" (i.e. attractive). Instead, Caleb first developed an unrequited crush on the cute and cheerfully unthreatening ManicPixieDreamGirl of the group. And eventually he slowly formed a tentative and [[MerlinAndNimue cerebral]] romantic attachment to a very reserved, [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} demisexual]] and [[{{Elfeminate}} young-looking]] wizard who had some issues with touching people.

** Campaign 1: During the Whitestone arc (episodde 31), Vex'ahlia (played by Creator/LauraBailey) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtjVA9WAaPI&t=214s slammed]] Percy (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) against a wall and held him there to force him to look her in the eye while she demanded to know whether he was mentally still in control of himself, so she could tell if he was lying. (Though Laura's Insight check failed.) This was long before either of these characters realized they were in love with each other, but the other players immediately commented that it was a sexy move and it certainly set [[CasualKink the tone]] for these characters' later relationship. Sadly, this scene is ''not'' in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina animated adaptation]] - the closest that version gets is Vex angrily yelling at and slapping Percy when he has a moment trauma-induced despair. But that came across as [[AdaptationalJerkass more abusive than sexily dominant]].
** Campaign 2: Mollymauk (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80i1A0xgIU "gently and socially"]] pinned Caleb (played by Creator/LiamOBrien) against a wall very early on in the story (episode 10). Ostensibly just to intimidate and talk some sense into Caleb because Molly thought he had not shared some looted money with the rest of the party. But Taliesin was pretty obviously using this trope intentionally to test Liam's willingness to get into a romance subplot with him. (This scene came just a couple of episodes after Molly gave Caleb a slap and a kiss on the forehead as a form of CoolDownHug to jolt him out of a HeroicBSOD style trauma flashback.) Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Caleb was too traumatized and introverted to react positively]] (or with anything but shock or discomfort) to such forceful attempts at 'flirting', despite admitting later that he does find Mollymauk "magical" (i.e. attractive). (Instead, Caleb first developed an unrequited crush on the cute and cheerfully unthreatening ManicPixieDreamGirl of the group. And eventually he slowly formed a tentative and [[MentorShip cerebral]] romantic attachment to a very reserved, [[UsefulNotes/Asexual demisexual]] wizard who had some issues with touching people.)

* Since most of the players of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' are well-established anime dubbing voice-actors and longtime fans of the genre themselves, they have occasionally used this trope for early ship-teasing.
** Campaign 1: During the Whitestone arc (episodde 31), Vex'ahlia (played by Creator/LauraBailey) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtjVA9WAaPl&t=214s slammed]] Percy (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) against a wall and held him there to force him to look her in the eye while she demanded to know whether he was mentally still in control of himself, so she could tell if he was lying. (Though Laura's Insight check failed.) This was long before either of these characters realized they were in love with each other, but the other players immediately commented that it was a sexy move and it certainly set [[CasualKink the tone]] for these characters' later relationship. Sadly, this scene is ''not'' in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina animated adaptation]] - the closest that version gets is Vex angrily yelling at and slapping Percy when he has a moment trauma-induced despair. But that came across as [[AdaptationalJerkass more abusive than sexily dominant]].
** Campaign 2: Mollymauk (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80i1A0xglU "gently and socially"]] pinned Caleb (played by Creator/LiamO'Brien) against a wall very early on in the story (episode 10). Ostensibly just to intimidate and talk some sense into Caleb because Molly thought he had not shared some looted money with the rest of the party. But Taliesin was pretty obviously using this trope intentionally to test Liam's willingness to get into a romance subplot with him. (This scene came just a couple of episodes after Molly gave Caleb a slap and a kiss on the forehead as a form of CoolDownHug to jolt him out of a HeroicBSOD style trauma flashback.) Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Caleb was ''too'' traumatized and introverted to react positively]] (or with anything but shocked emarrassment) to such forceful attempts at flirting. (He developed an unrequited crush on the cute ManicPixieDreamGirl of the group instead. And eventually he ended up forming a very tentative and cerebral romantic attachment to a very reserved, [[UsefulNotes/Asexuality demisexual]] wizard who had some issues with touching people.)

* ''Webcomic/LetsSpeakEnglish'': In [[http://www.marycagle.com/letsspeakenglish/77-romance-101 "Romance 101"]], two of Mary's students teach her about kabedon by acting it out [[IsItSomethingYouEat after she assumes it's a type of food]]. Mary is amazed that she didn't know there was a word for it until now.

* ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'': Nezumi once tried to get a girl he liked to out with him using this trope. [[EpicFail It didn't go well.]]

* ''LightNovel/MyLittleSisterStoleMyFiance'': After it's been announced that the prince's hand in marriage would given to Luna instead of Eliana, a random creep tells Eliana that he heard rumors about her losing her place as the Crown Prince's bride due to her infidelity. He then pins Eliana against a wall and tries proposition her into going out with him. Eliana manages to break free from his grasp by slapping him.

It may not have been TheLoveSlapOfEpiphany, but it does get the message out through and clear. Alice becomes more and more confused about how she sees Bob, and usually it results in a RelationshipUpgrade.

* Chapter 2 of ''LightNovel/OthersidePicnic'' opens with Toriko seemingly performing this on Sorawo, to her complete bemusement. As it turns out, she noticed that one of Sorawo's eyes had turned bright blue after their close call with the Kunekune, and she just wanted a better look. There is definitely a ShipTease angle to it, particularly when Toriko murmurs that the color is "so pretty," causing Sorawo to become flustered.

It may not have been TheLoveSlapOfEpiphany, but it does get the message out through and clear. Alice becomes more and more confused about how she sees Bob. Usually it results in a case of TheyDo.

* Sophia pulls one on Katarina in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', much to another of the [[LoveInterest LoveInterest's]] annoyance. It's mostly played for laughs, since Sophia is at least a foot shorter than Katarina, and Katarina is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious enough that she doesn't realize what Sophia is trying to do anyway]].